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  • Gone But Not Forgotten: Images of Wooden Commercial Ships
    Gone But Not Forgotten: Images of Wooden Commercial Ships Text
       
     
  • Tug Winneconne and Steamer Scutanabacon
    Tug Winneconne and Steamer Scutanabacon Image
        Scene at the dam, Appleton, Wis., 1868. Capt. Sam Neff in the tug, Winneconne is about to rescue the Str. Schtenanbequon [Scutanabacon] from being carried over the dam. Capt. Neff also righted the ve
      Scene at the dam, Appleton, Wis., 1868. Capt. Sam Neff in the …
  • Wreck of the Charles N. Ryan
    Wreck of the Charles N. Ryan Image
       
     
  • Schooner Wolverine
    Schooner Wolverine Image
        The schooner Wolverine, 117 x 25, built 1871, Grand Haven, Mich.- 195 gross tons. Used the so-called "Grand Haven rig", or four similar rigs, which originated in the 1870s. About 26 other vessels ado
      The schooner Wolverine, 117 x 25, built 1871, Grand Haven, Mich.- 195 …
  • Steamer Frank Woods
    Steamer Frank Woods Image
       
     
  • By Paddle-Wheel, Sail, and Steam: Abel Neff and His Nephews Captains Ed, Will, and Sam, 1850-1969
    By Paddle-Wheel, Sail, and Steam: Abel Neff and His Nephews Captains Ed, Will, and Sam, 1850-1969 Text
       
     
  • B. W. Aldrich
    B. W. Aldrich Image
        The tug B. W. Aldrich was built in Milwaukee, Wis. in 1868; 49 tons; 65 x 15; double engines, 16 x 18. Listed Inland Lloyds Vessel Register, 1893; Ship Masters Assoc. Dir., 1903.
      The tug B. W. Aldrich was built in Milwaukee, Wis. in 1868; …
  • Tug Alert
    Tug Alert Image
        Old harbor tug, Alert of Chicago, watching for a tow in the 1880s. The Ship Masters' Assoc. Directory, 1903, lists the tug as being built in 1874; owned by Lydon & Drews, Chicago; 49x13; 23 gross ton
      Old harbor tug, Alert of Chicago, watching for a tow in the …
  • Steamer Arizona
    Steamer Arizona Image
        Built Cleveland Ohio, 1868; 189 x 32; 765 gross tons; used as sand sucker. Listed Inland Lloyds Vessel Register, 1893; Ship Masters. Assoc. Directories,1903 etc.; Beers, History of the Great Lakes, V
      Built Cleveland Ohio, 1868; 189 x 32; 765 gross tons; used as …
  • S. D. Arnold
    S. D. Arnold Image
        The S.D. Arnold. better known as "Bootjack" because of the angle made by her twin smoke stacks, was used in the log trade between De Pere, Wis. and Marinette, Wis. Built 1871, De Pere, Wis.; passed o
      The S.D. Arnold. better known as "Bootjack" because of the angle made …
  • Schooner D. S. Austin
    Schooner D. S. Austin Image
        D.S.Austin, a wooden schooner of 281 gross tons, was owned by Samuel Neff & Sons from 1896 to 1898, when the schooner stranded on Nov. 7, 1898 on Lake Michigan, one-fourth mile north of the Ludington
      D.S.Austin, a wooden schooner of 281 gross tons, was owned by Samuel …
  • Wreck of D. S. Austin
    Wreck of D. S. Austin Image
        The D.S.Austin, a wooden schooner of 281 gross tons, was owned by Samuel Neff & Sons from 1896 to 1898, when the schooner was stranded Nov. 7, 1898 on Lake Michigan, one-fourth mile north of the Ludi
      The D.S.Austin, a wooden schooner of 281 gross tons, was owned by …
  • Tug Baltimore
    Tug Baltimore Image
        Tug Baltimore as seen on the stadium machinery, 1934; owned by Booth Fisheries. Cleveland, Ohio. Presumably Sister ship to tugs, Louisville, Nashville and Pittsburgh -10 tugs in all -built 1910, Lora
      Tug Baltimore as seen on the stadium machinery, 1934; owned by Booth …
  • Car Ferry Tow Barge No. 1
    Car Ferry Tow Barge No. 1 Image
        Owned by Charles S.Neff, Milwaukee, 1915-1916; pulp wood carrier; 309 x 44 x 12; gunwale built; molded bow; load carried on deck; steam windlass; steam towing machine, ballast pump; light draft; wint
      Owned by Charles S.Neff, Milwaukee, 1915-1916; pulp wood carrier; 309 x 44 …
  • Schooner Mary Battle
    Schooner Mary Battle Image
        The Mary Battle, of St.Catherine Is, Ont.,an old timber carrier was similar in size to hundreds that traded through the old Welland canal. Some of them carried hewn timber, picking up their cargoes a
      The Mary Battle, of St.Catherine Is, Ont.,an old timber carrier was similar …
  • Tug Boscobel with tows Active & Noque Bay
    Tug Boscobel with tows Active & Noque Bay Image
        During the lumbering days in Wisconsin, steamers and their tows were common sights on the Great Lakes, This drawing shows the Boscobel making up a tow at Peshtigo, Wis. with the barges Active & Noque
      During the lumbering days in Wisconsin, steamers and their tows were common …
  • Sternwheeler Brooklyn on Fox River
    Sternwheeler Brooklyn on Fox River Image
        (Printed material about the Brooklyn from a notebook of Charles S.Neff, presumably printed in Oshkosh, and with data supplied by Will Neff, son of W.W.Neff, captain of the Brooklyn. W.W.Neff and Sam
      (Printed material about the Brooklyn from a notebook of Charles S.Neff, presumably …
  • Flat boat - M. Brunette
    Flat boat - M. Brunette Image
        The M. Brunett, or Brunette, of Green Bay, Wis., was the B & B ex-tug, Mary Newton. It was made into a flat boat -100 feet long; 21 feet wide and 5 feet in depth. It ran on Green Bay, Wis. in the 188
      The M. Brunett, or Brunette, of Green Bay, Wis., was the B …
  • Steamer G. T. Burroughs
    Steamer G. T. Burroughs Image
        The Ship Masters' Assoc. Directory, 1903, lists the G. T. Burroughs as a freighter of 109 feet in length, 24-foot beam; built 1881; 130 gross tons; owned by Standard Contracting Co., Cleveland, Ohio,
      The Ship Masters' Assoc. Directory, 1903, lists the G. T. Burroughs as …
  • Schooner Butcher Boy
    Schooner Butcher Boy Image
        Butcher Boy, ex barque, sailed on the Great Lakes for many years; 149 feet long; 29 foot beam; 11 feet in depth. Built De Pere, Wis. 1868. Listed in Ship Masters' Assoc. Dir. 1903; Beers, History of
      Butcher Boy, ex barque, sailed on the Great Lakes for many years; …

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Charles S. Neff Collection


Charles S. Neff was born in Oshkosh, WI in April of 1870 and died in Cleveland, OH in 1940. His father Samuel Neff had been involved in shipping on the Fox and Wolf Rivers but moved his business to Milwaukee about 1880 because he did not think he could compete with the railroads. He formed the Neff and Sons Shipping Company with his sons Sidney and Charles. After their father died they tried to keep the partnership going for about a year but then divided the assets and formed separate companies. Charles lived during the time of sail, steam power and diesel power. He collected photographs and other material of historical interest. Some of his collection is in the Maritime collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. He also made drawings using color pencils and whatever paper that was at hand. Some were drawn from memory, others from life. Some of the original drawings were given to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, WI. Color slides were taken of all of the drawings and Marcy Neff-Fisher, his daughter, prepared notes for each slide. Digital copies have been made of the slides and notes. The collection also include the volume Marcy Neff-Fisher had privately published for family and friends about the Neff family's long involvement in shipping.